Generate a PPA cover sheet report

You can generate a Product Part Approval (PPA) coversheet report that conforms to the standard industry norms. All the values included in the report are derived from the checklist data, responses to the checklist questions, and their corresponding rating values.

Procedure

1. Open the required quality checklist.

2. Choose More Commands

Edit Start Edit .

3. In the Overview tab, specify Checklist Process Type and PPA Reason.

4. Choose More Commands

Edit Save Edits.

5. In References, add the parts that need approval.

Note If you specify the Checklist Process Type as Supplier, in the Vendor section, add the required vendor.

6. Choose More Commands

click New > Generate Report .

7. In the Generate Report panel, from Reports, select Process Cover Sheet PPA Report.

8. Specify the required properties.

9. Click Generate.The PPA cover sheet report is generated. You can also send the PPA cover sheet report to suppliers for review.

Note

When a question on the quality checklist remains unanswered, incomplete, or gets rejected, the PPA cover sheet report indicates that the quality checklist is not ready for the customer and must be completed.

If the quality checklist does not include the vendor's name, the customer sections in the PPA cover sheet report appears blank.